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Europe's Ryder Cup golf captain Colin Montgomerie has revealed that all 12 of his team members will play on the opening day of the match against the U.S. at Celtic...

The German golfer Martin Kaymer followed up on his U.S. PGA Championship success with a four-shot victory in the Dutch Open. Kaymer, in his first tournament since last month's victory...

The recently crowned PGA champion Martin Kaymer overturned a two-shot overnight deficit to carve out a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Dutch Open. The German Ryder Cup player...

The fifth seeded Robin Soderling's narrowly avoided becoming the first big-name casualty of the U.S. Tennis Open, needing five sets to overcome Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer, who's ranked 214 in…

The Swedish golfer Peter Hanson virtually secured a place in Europe's Ryder Cup team to play the United States in October with victory at the Czech Open. Hanson had to...

The former world number one Ivan Lendl will end a 16-year exile from tennis by joining the ATP Champions Tour. The eight-times Grand Slam winner from the Czech Republic will ...

The Wellington golfer Mark Brown has achieved easily his best result of the year, tieing for fourth at the Scandinavian Masters in Sweden. After a 4-hour rain delay on the final ...

Sweden's former Ryder Cup player, Jesper Parnevik, suffered a new injury setback and was forced to retire in his first tournament back after six months of inaction. The 45-year-old played only ...

The 27-year -old South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen has won the 150th centenary Open championship, running away with his first major title by a crushing seven strokes at St Andrews in ...

It was a long haul for tennis umpire Mohamed Lahyani, but the 44-year-old Swede says a lifetime of flying economy class had prepared him to sit in his chair for 11 ...

The English golfer Lee Westwood has ended a 12-year title drought on the US PGA tour by winning the St Jude Classic in Memphis. The British world number three knocked in ...

The Swede Robin Soderling knew what to expect when he faced the Spaniard Rafael Nadal for the French Open title - but he just couldn't cope with the best claycourt player ...

The world tennis number one Roger Federer insists there'll be no inquest into his shock French Open quarter-final defeat, preferring to start working towards a seventh Wimbledon title instead. Federer…

Team New Zealand has been beaten by Artemis of Sweden in their latest match at the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta off Sardinia. Despite temporarily losing their gennaker pole overboard the Swedes ...

Defending champion Roger Federer has been beaten in the quarter-finals at the French Open, losing in 4 sets to Sweden's Robin Soderling in a rain-interrupted match. The world number one crumbled ...

There'll be a repeat of last year's French Open final when the champion and world tennis number one Roger Federer plays Robin Soderling tonight for a place in the semi-finals. Soderling ...

The English golfer Simon Khan has pulled off a stunning upset at the prestigious British PGA championship. The 37-year-old Khan, who's ranked 471st in the world, made the field only at ...

The 38-year-old Swedish golfer Frederik Andersson Hed has been rewarded for his perseverance with his first title after 13 years on the European Tour. After a nervous final round at the ...

The Wellington golfer Mark Brown has missed the cut at the Spanish Open in Sevilla. Brown followed up his opening round of 77 with a 72. The Swede Johan Edfors leads ...

The Spainish fifth seed Fernando Verdasco beat Swedish second seed Robin Soderling in 3 sets to keep the Barcelona claycourt tennis title at home for the eighth straight year. Crowds ...

Fernando Verdasco hauled his way back from a set and a break down to reach the final of the Barcelona Open with a 6-7 7-5 6-1 win over fellow Spanish tennis ...

Lleyton Hewitt's comeback from hip surgery stumbled on Spanish clay when the former world tennis number one lost 7-6 6-4 to Eduardo Schwank in the second round of the Barcelona ...

The women's world number one Lorena Ochoa has announced her retirement from golf. The 28-year-old Mexican, who won two majors, has dominated the sport for the last three years since ...

The former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been named as the new coach of the Ivory Coast for this year's World Cup finals in South Africa. The Swede, who ...

Ivan Ljubicic played the match of his life to upset third seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-4 7-6 to reach the final of the Indian Wells tennis tournament. The ...